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Challenge: Puzzled (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1K
Lens: Lensbaby 1.0 (The Original)
Location: Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Date: Feb 22, 2009
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Performance, Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Feb 23, 2009

 This is an installation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. It's a dimly-lit room about 20M square. There are a dozen or so illuminated white squares scattered about the floor, each with a chrome drain hole in the centre. Portraits of anonymous people are projected onto the squares from the ceiling. Each portrait slowly appears and comes into focus as you watch, and then gradually distorts and swirls around until it drains away through the hole like bath water. The faces all appear to be different, but if you stand and watch for a few minutes the compulsion to reflect on your own mortality is irresistible. They all become self-portraits, of both artist and viewer.


Statistics
Place: 105 out of 168
Avg (all users): 4.8925
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 4.7458
Avg (non-participants): 4.9606
Views since voting: 972
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 186
Comments: 12
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/05/2009 09:40:56 AM
This was my Best of Show for the challenge and I gave it a nine. Perhaps if you had scattered a few puzzle pieces around it would have had wider appeal... :)
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 03/03/2009 08:38:43 PM
I find the photo compelling, and the description of the installation most intriguing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/03/2009 06:11:12 PM
that's a puzzle alright. Love the processing.
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 03/01/2009 05:31:44 AM
I really like the composition of this, I just wish I could see it better, it's a little bit too dark for me, especially along the bottom and sides.
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 02/27/2009 06:28:38 AM
Love the picture, just not for this challenge, sorry.
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 02/26/2009 11:23:36 PM
Interesting, but too grainy and OOF.
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 02/26/2009 01:41:09 PM
Good Shot
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 02/26/2009 08:17:30 AM
This is groovy; I kind of like the refusal to deal with anything approaching the bright lights here. Much of this challenge features the bleedin' obvious, and this has far greater depth and sincerity.
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 02/25/2009 10:25:49 AM
cool. :) very creative.
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 02/25/2009 07:47:50 AM
Great mood here.
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 02/25/2009 04:00:40 AM
Oh, I love this one. I've just started looking at this challenge but am so glad to see something this striking & original.
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 02/24/2009 10:20:04 PM
He does seem puzzled. This is supported by his pause, the lighting, the grainy processing, and the missing corner on the left hand picture. A piece of art.
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